What Blood Cannot Heal
The stench in the air, moans of grief and pain. Bodies withered, mutated............ Were they even humans? They lined up, their craving becoming more intense, the smell of blood. There was only one way, one way..........
"Stop!" A girl with golden long hair, stood, fearless. She wore a uniform seen by all, she was a Solarian, but most of all, she was normal, a have- all. Murmurs arose upon the crowd, grunts were heard, hisses of hate. But she stood, not wavering, and spoke, "Please stop. Don't give up hope. You must fight! You are human beings! Don't let the mutation destroy the lives you've had and still have! Come with us, we can heal you, it is slow but one day you will be cured! If you give up now, there will be no gain, please.........." Her voice trailed on.
The crowd murmured louder. A hoarse voice called out in objection, a voice that was barely human. "What would you know? You are a have-all. You know not of the sufferings of us have-not's. No, you know nothing."
She still did not falter from her high platform, but the tears glistened visibly from her eyes. "No........ I wouldn't know completely, but we are still the same! You are human, human inside........... If I had the power to heal you all, even if it costs my life, I would not hesitate to give. So please.............. I may be a have-all, but I suffer too to see you all like this. I want you all to be have-all's, and I know how much you suffer. But don't give up! There is still a chance, there is................"
"Lies!! You are selfish! How can you even come close to know about uor pains. The hurt in every bone, the hunger! That crave to kill?! Blood........ It lets us become more ourselves. If you ever was sincere with your words............ Then give your blood to reduce our pains! Let us become more whole with your flesh! Or else SPARE US THE PITIFUL LIES!!!" The hoarse voice screamed, out of the crowd it charged, a mutated being, eyes bloodshot with fury, but underneath was the fear of its own hunger.
"NO!" She screamed, but she had no choice, they had no choice but to fight. She knew it would be a battle easily won, and it was she who delivered the last blow. the creature collasped to the ground, and layed there, barely shaking in its agony. She walked over to where it layed, in one hand she held a knife. Tears rolled down her cheek as she raised it, the mutated creature's eyes widened and pleaded, pleaded for her to end its suffering. The sound of metal edge cutting through flesh, she winced as blood began to trinkle from the cut she made on her own arm, then lifted her hand to allow the blood drops slide from her fingertips into the creature's quivering mouth. She whispered to it as she choked on her tears, "If only I could of helped you sooner.............. But now I guess the only thing I can do is to offer my blood to ease your pains abit............. To let your last moments be of no more torture......... How your body must pain you............"
"Elly."
The creature's face relaxed from the taste of blood, its eyes lite momentarily, the began to water. It gave one last shudder, managed one weakened smile, and closed its eyes forever.
"How I wish I could of done more.............."
Mind................ Holding on..............
Heart............... Never give up.............
Blood............... Cannot heal..............
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Disclaimer: I don't own Xenogears.
The stench in the air, moans of grief and pain. Bodies withered, mutated............ Were they even humans? They lined up, their craving becoming more intense, the smell of blood. There was only one way, one way..........
"Stop!" A girl with golden long hair, stood, fearless. She wore a uniform seen by all, she was a Solarian, but most of all, she was normal, a have- all. Murmurs arose upon the crowd, grunts were heard, hisses of hate. But she stood, not wavering, and spoke, "Please stop. Don't give up hope. You must fight! You are human beings! Don't let the mutation destroy the lives you've had and still have! Come with us, we can heal you, it is slow but one day you will be cured! If you give up now, there will be no gain, please.........." Her voice trailed on.
The crowd murmured louder. A hoarse voice called out in objection, a voice that was barely human. "What would you know? You are a have-all. You know not of the sufferings of us have-not's. No, you know nothing."
She still did not falter from her high platform, but the tears glistened visibly from her eyes. "No........ I wouldn't know completely, but we are still the same! You are human, human inside........... If I had the power to heal you all, even if it costs my life, I would not hesitate to give. So please.............. I may be a have-all, but I suffer too to see you all like this. I want you all to be have-all's, and I know how much you suffer. But don't give up! There is still a chance, there is................"
"Lies!! You are selfish! How can you even come close to know about uor pains. The hurt in every bone, the hunger! That crave to kill?! Blood........ It lets us become more ourselves. If you ever was sincere with your words............ Then give your blood to reduce our pains! Let us become more whole with your flesh! Or else SPARE US THE PITIFUL LIES!!!" The hoarse voice screamed, out of the crowd it charged, a mutated being, eyes bloodshot with fury, but underneath was the fear of its own hunger.
"NO!" She screamed, but she had no choice, they had no choice but to fight. She knew it would be a battle easily won, and it was she who delivered the last blow. the creature collasped to the ground, and layed there, barely shaking in its agony. She walked over to where it layed, in one hand she held a knife. Tears rolled down her cheek as she raised it, the mutated creature's eyes widened and pleaded, pleaded for her to end its suffering. The sound of metal edge cutting through flesh, she winced as blood began to trinkle from the cut she made on her own arm, then lifted her hand to allow the blood drops slide from her fingertips into the creature's quivering mouth. She whispered to it as she choked on her tears, "If only I could of helped you sooner.............. But now I guess the only thing I can do is to offer my blood to ease your pains abit............. To let your last moments be of no more torture......... How your body must pain you............"
"Elly."
The creature's face relaxed from the taste of blood, its eyes lite momentarily, the began to water. It gave one last shudder, managed one weakened smile, and closed its eyes forever.
"How I wish I could of done more.............."
Mind................ Holding on..............
Heart............... Never give up.............
Blood............... Cannot heal..............
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Disclaimer: I don't own Xenogears.